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Martinez faces criticism over domestic partner benefits, tobacco permanent fund vetoes
Gov. Susana Martinez’s final legislative actions open herself to criticism from frequent critics in the gay rights area — but also from the New Mexico chapter of the American Cancer Society. The veto that drew the ire of the American Cancer Society was a line-item veto related to the tobacco permanent fund. Martinez line-item vetoed a provision to transfer $50 million to the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund — an amount of money that New Mexico gets from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Budget, Economy, Education, Featured, Governor, LGBT, Roundhouse
Gov vetoes prevailing wage whistleblower protection bill
A bill that sought to protect the identities of those who blew the whistle on employers who did not pay the public works minimum wage was vetoed by Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday. Note: See correction below. In the the message to the Senate (pdf), Martinez said the bill was unnecessary and counterproductive. “The bill’s overly broad mandate to protect the identity of prevailing wage complainants ignores the realities of prevailing wage investigation and prosecution,” Martinez said in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Economy, Featured, Governor, Roundhouse
Voter purge on pause, says ProgressNow NM
ProgressNow New Mexico says a proposed voter purge by Secretary of State Dianna Duran is on pause after outcry over the legality of such a move. “This latest indication that Secretary Duran will – instead of bringing court actions – comply with the NVRA requirements is great news for New Mexico voters,” ProgressNow New Mexico executive director Pat Davis said in a statement. “Our voter rolls certainly need to be updated and there are already rules … Read entire article »
Bill criminalizes abortions in case of rape (updated)
A bill introduced by a Republican state Representative would make it a third-degree felony for a woman who was impregnated as the result of a rape or incest to have an abortion. Update (11:20 am): Rep. Brown announced that she will put in a substitute bill. See her comments at the bottom of the post. House Bill 206, brought by Rep. Cathrynn Brown, R-Carlsbad, is sure to be one of the most controversial bills of the session. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Health, New Mexico House
ProgressNow NM says “True The Vote” spreading misinformation on voting
The progressive non-profit ProgressNow New Mexico says the controversial “True The Vote” has released a poll challenger training video that spreads misinformation. The video repeatedly tells poll challengers that they can ask for voter ID in various situations; poll challengers cannot demand to see voter’s IDs in New Mexico. It was a similar claim to one a Republican poll challenger training falsely made which caused Attorney General Gary King to open an investigation into voter suppression. The … Read entire article »
AG announces investigation into voter suppression
Attorney General Gary King’s office announced today that it was opening an investigation into voter suppression based on a secretly-recorded video that showed a Republican poll training class being told they can ask for Voter ID — even though this is not allowed by state law. “I will not tolerate voter suppression efforts by anyone, period,” King said in a statement. “We have received a number of complaints since last Friday that there seems to be … Read entire article »
Republican caught training challengers to demand photo ID (updated)
Post updated with GOP reactions at the bottom. If you can’t pass voter ID, just demand that voters provide photo identification, even if the law does not provide for it. Pat Morlen, the vice chair of the Sandoval County Republican Party, was caught on secret video released by ProgressNow New Mexico telling Republican poll challengers to demand photo identification and, if voters did not have photo identification, to say the voter would need to cast a … Read entire article »
Rogers resigns from law firm under pressure over emails
Prominent Republican attorney Pat Rogers announced his resignation from the Albuquerque law firm Modrall Sperling on Friday afternoon. The move came after a serious of emails with questionable content were leaked to the press. The latest email controversy came when Rogers invoked the spirit of former Col. George Armstrong Custer, the infamous Army General best known for losing the Battle of Little Bighorn. Custer and all his troops lost their lives. Custer has been accused … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Local News
Progress Now NM hopes to amplify progressive message
Progress Now New Mexico has already made its mark on New Mexico politics. The three-month old website claimed a scalp when Johnny Luevano, R-Albuquerque, was removed from the primary ballot by a District Court judge earlier this week. Progress Now New Mexico first uncovered Luevano’s residence woes last month that culminated in the removal of Luevano from the ballot — and bit of embarrassment for the Republican Party. The non-profit, part of a national network, has … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured
GOP candidate tossed from ballot for not meeting residency requirements (updated)
A Republican candidate for House in New Mexico’s 16th district was removed from the June 5 primary ballot by a judge today because he did not meet the residency requirements to live in that district. The progressive group ProgressNow New Mexico broke the story of Johnny Luevano, R-Albuquerque, not meeting the requirements in March and were vindicated today when the judge ruled against Luevano. Luevano did not live in the House he listed as his residence … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, New Mexico House
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